Fernando Vázquez

The word tokenization gets used everywhere - but the infrastructure behind it is more nuanced, more varied, and more consequential than most realise. From fractionalised real estate to on-chain private credit to tokenized government bonds, this session deconstructs the mechanics of how different asset classes are brought on-chain, who the key players are, and what the market actually looks like in 2026.

As digital assets become core financial market infrastructure, the question is no longer whether DeFi and traditional finance will converge, but how. In this executive panel we discuss what it takes to achieve true global interoperability across onchain markets and existing financial infrastructure. This session will examine how blockchain-based models, combined with trusted institutional standards, are enabling programmable value transfers, real-time settlement, and seamless connection between banks, liquidity venues, custodians, and blockchain networks at scale.

The discussion will dive into the practical realities of how to connect private and public blockchains, enable secure cross-chain transactions, and overcome fragmentation across disparate networks and standards. We’ll also discuss the technical, regulatory, and cross-border coordination challenges that must be solved to reach critical mass, and what a future financial system looks like when DeFi and TradFi are one seamless interoperable ecosystem.